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{{species infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Haribonbon.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:Haribonbon.png|180px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
|comparable=[[Pufftup]]
|comparable=[[Pufftup]]
}}
}}
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'''Spined Puffers'''<ref>{{cite|date=April 2005|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 190|page=71|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. These pufferfish-like enemies are encountered in underwater levels and do not attack, instead defending themselves by using their retractable spikes. Spined Puffers can be immobilized from a [[Sound Wave Attack]], but only while their spikes are down. A Spined Puffer can be defeated from taking many hits from [[Donkey Kong]], causing it to explode and drop five [[banana|beats]] behind.
'''Spined Puffers'''<ref>''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 190, page 71.</ref> are enemies resembling pufferfish who appear in the underwater [[level]]s of ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. They do not attack, instead defending themselves by using their retractable spikes. It is only when the spikes are down that [[Donkey Kong]] can use his [[Sound Wave Attack]] to immobilize them. He can then punch the enemy until it is defeated, causing it to explode and leave five [[banana|beats]] in its place.
 
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==Additional names==
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
===Internal names===
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===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ハリボンボン<ref>''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' Shogakukan book, [[Media:DKJB Shogakukan pages 170-171.jpg|page 171]]</ref>
|Jap=ハリボンボン<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' Shogakukan book|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page={{file link|DKJB Shogakukan pages 170-171.jpg|171}}}}</ref>
|JapR=Haribonbon
|JapR=Haribonbon
|JapM=Derived from「ハリセンボン」(''harisenbon'', {{wp|porcupinefish}}) and「ボン」(''bon'', an onomatopoeia of explosion); shared with [[Loch Nestor#Names in other languages|Loch Nestor]]
|JapM=Partial repetition of「{{ruby|針千本|ハリセンボン}}」(''harisenbon'', "{{wp|porcupinefish}}"); shared with [[Loch Nestor#Names in other languages|Loch Nestor]] and [[Spindleburr]]
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:SMG Unused Needle Poppo.png|thumb|150px|left|"RushAirFish" from ''Super Mario Galaxy''.]]
[[File:SMG Unused Needle Poppo.png|thumb|150px|"RushAirFish" from ''Super Mario Galaxy''.]]
*A Spined Puffer exists as an [[list of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content|unused model]] under the name '''RushAirFish''' in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', missing all but its idle and puffing animations from ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Super Mario Galaxy#Jungle Beat Leftovers|tcrf:Super Mario Galaxy § Jungle Beat Leftovers]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved March 3, 2018.</ref>
*A Spined Puffer exists as an [[list of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content|unused model]] under the name '''RushAirFish''' in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', missing all but its idle and puffing animations from ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario Galaxy#Jungle Beat Leftovers|Super Mario Galaxy § Jungle Beat Leftovers]]|language=en|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=March 3, 2018}}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Pufferfish]]
[[Category:Fish]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat enemies]]

Latest revision as of 13:50, June 26, 2024

Spined Puffer
Spined Puffer
Artwork from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
First appearance Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004)
Latest appearance New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2008)
Comparable

Spined Puffers[1] are enemies in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. These pufferfish-like enemies are encountered in underwater levels and do not attack, instead defending themselves by using their retractable spikes. Spined Puffers can be immobilized from a Sound Wave Attack, but only while their spikes are down. A Spined Puffer can be defeated from taking many hits from Donkey Kong, causing it to explode and drop five beats behind.

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat ObjectData/NeedlePoppo.arc Needle Poppo -

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ハリボンボン[2]
Haribonbon
Partial repetition of「針千本ハリセンボン」(harisenbon, "porcupinefish"); shared with Loch Nestor and Spindleburr

Trivia[edit]

Unused Rush Air Fish from Super Mario Galaxy.
"RushAirFish" from Super Mario Galaxy.
  • A Spined Puffer exists as an unused model under the name RushAirFish in Super Mario Galaxy, missing all but its idle and puffing animations from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ April 2005. Nintendo Power Volume 190. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 71.
  2. ^ Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Shogakukan book. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 171Media:DKJB Shogakukan pages 170-171.jpg.
  3. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Galaxy § Jungle Beat Leftovers. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved March 3, 2018.